Shloka 69
Dharmāṅgada’s Discourse (Dharmāṅgadopadeśa) in the Mohinī Episode
वधेन ते भूमिपते सुतस्य यशः प्रकाशं गमयिष्यते च । यशः प्रकाशाद्भविता हि कीर्तिस्तथाक्षया तात न संशयोऽत्र ॥ ६९ ॥
vadhena te bhūmipate sutasya yaśaḥ prakāśaṃ gamayiṣyate ca | yaśaḥ prakāśādbhavitā hi kīrtistathākṣayā tāta na saṃśayo'tra || 69 ||
اے زمین کے پالنے والے بادشاہ! تیرے بیٹے کے قتل سے تیرا یَش (نام و نمود) پوری طرح روشن ہو جائے گا۔ اسی یَش کی روشنی سے، اے عزیز، لازوال شہرت پیدا ہوگی—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in dialogue tradition; royal counsel tone)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames worldly events—even painful ones—within a karmic and dharmic horizon, asserting that a destined act can become the cause for enduring kīrti (renown) when it serves a larger order.
Indirectly: it points to surrender to a higher certainty (niścaya) beyond personal grief, a mindset that supports Bhakti by trusting the divine governance of outcomes rather than clinging to immediate appearances.
No Vedāṅga is taught explicitly; the verse is primarily about phala (result) and kīrti within Rajadharma, rather than Śikṣā/Vyākaraṇa/Jyotiṣa or ritual procedure.